The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. http://www.confluence.org/
National Geographic’s Xpeditions has hundreds of educator-created lesson plans written by educators that complement the site’s interactive maps and tools.
Video
7 Billion: Are you Typical? National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2xOvKFFz4Did You Know 3.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiETour the 50 States
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/130674826661827318/
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/climate_landuse/USGS Education Resources
http://education.usgs.gov/secondary.htmlUnited States Government
United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/#http://www.census.gov/geo/
U.S. State Department
Independent States of the Worldhttp://www.state.gov/www/regions/independent_states.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Student and Teacher Resources
http://www.epa.gov/students/Cartography
Show - Mapping Worlds - Cartographs
http://show.mappingworlds.com//worldMap Collections
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/Google
Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/index.htmlhttp://www.geteach.com/
Google Maps
https://maps.google.com/Library of Congress
Geography and Map Reading Room
http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/Country Studies
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.htmlNational Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/National Geographic Maps
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/mapsNational Geographic Education Resources
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/teaching-resources/?ar_a=1University of Texas Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.htmlUniversity of California Santa Cruz
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/The Degree Confluence Project
The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location.http://www.confluence.org/
Photography
The Nature Conservancy - Nature Photographs
http://www.nature.org/photosmultimedia/index.htmNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo Library
http://www.photolib.noaa.govSmo/Smithsonian Geographic Resources
http://smithsonianeducation.org/mywonderfulworld/News
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/National Science Foundation
Global Climate Change Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/Geography in the News
http://www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/The New York Times
Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/subjects/geography_index.htmlMapping America
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?view=raceethnicity&lat=39.9423&lng=-75.157&l=13Other Resources
Geology Resources
http://geology.com/ESRI - Geography and GIS Resources
http://www.geography.com/http://training.esri.com/Courses/GISEd_Intro/player.cfm?c=361
BBC - GCSE Bitesize - Geography Resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/Middle School Geography Challenges
http://www.education.com/activity/article/geography-challenges-border/?cid=50.200History Channel Perfect Storms
Disasters That Changed the World - Interactivehttp://perfectstorms.history.ca/#experience
National Geographic’s Xpeditions has hundreds of educator-created lesson plans written by educators that complement the site’s interactive maps and tools.
The University of Oregon’s Mapping History provides interactive maps explaining events in American, European, Latin American and African history.
The CIA World Factbook gives an overview of every country in the world, with maps, flags and facts on physical and political geography.
TravelPod has a fast-paced geography game that quizzes students on world capitals, location of popular cities, world flags and more.
Migration
The Bradshaw Foundation’s Journey of Mankind features a virtual global journey of modern man over the last 160,000 years.Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology’s “A Journey to a New Land” tells the story of the first people to arrive in the Americas.
National Geographic’s Atlas of the Human Journey examines early human’s migration from Africa to all parts of the globe.